The Matthean Beatitudes in their Jewish origins a literary and speech act analysis / [electronic resource] :
Timothy D. Howell.
- New York : Peter Lang, c2011.
- xii, 343 p. : ill.
- Studies in biblical literature, v. 144 1089-0645 ; .
- Studies in biblical literature ; v. 144. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Why use speech act theory on the Beatitudes? -- Various views of Jewish-Christian identification and its implications for the Matthean community -- Major issues bearing upon a contextual analysis of the Beatitudes -- The immediate circumstances surrounding the Beatitudes -- Exegetical analysis of the Beatitudes : its contextual meaning and verbal threads -- Literary analysis of the Beatitudes : understanding what the text is -- Speech act theory and the beatitudes -- Words as deeds : the Beatitudes as paradigmatic.
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Beatitudes--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Speech acts (Linguistics)--Religious aspects--Christianity. Christianity and other religions--Judaism. Judaism--Relations--Christianity.